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From: mike@turing.UNM.EDU (Michael I. Bushnell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: FileNames with the high bit set.
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Date: 11 Apr 88 00:29:05 GMT
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Disallowing the high order bit in filenames was done in 4BSD.  I think
the reason had something to do with printability--a desire to limit
the filesystem namespace to ASCII codes.

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